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Welcome to our Community page! If you live locally, please check in regularly for project updates and information of interest to our neighbours and the local community.
If you can’t see what you are looking for, or you have any questions or comments about the project, please email info@edengeothermal.com.
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Site visits and talks
Would you like to know more about geothermal energy and its potential? Are you interested in Cornwall’s geology, or passionate about engineering and low-carbon technology? Maybe you’re interested in STEM careers? Or do you simply have questions about the geothermal programme in your neighbourhood? Whatever your interest, please contact us to arrange a site visit or a talk to your local group (Covid-19 restrictions permitting). We’re excited to share our journey into a renewable energy future with you!
Email info@edengeothermal.com to find out more.
Community Liaison Group
Eden Geothermal Community Liaison Group aims to provide “a forum for communication between Eden Geothermal, its partners and the local community”. Its members are representatives of the four parish councils that border the Eden site (Treverbyn, Luxulyan, St Blaise and Carlyon), Cornwall Council, Eden Neighbours Forum, Eden Geothermal Ltd and Eden Project.
To contact the group, please email us at info@edengeothermal.com and we will put you in touch.
Minutes of the latest meeting are available to download here:
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Eden Geothermal
Community Fund
The Eden Geothermal Community Fund is a £20,000 fund to support community projects in the parishes of Treverbyn, St Blaise, Carlyon and Luxulyan.
Applications open on 30 November 2020, with grants of between £500 and £5,000 available.
We’re especially keen to support projects which:
- positively impact on local people and/or the local environment
- improve the environmental sustainability of groups or organisations
- educate about the environment or sustainability
- provide new facilities where there is a need
Please read the terms of reference for further guidance and to see whether your group or project is eligible. If you have any questions, please contact geothermalcommunityfund@edenproject.com or 01726 818550.
To apply, complete the application form and send to geothermalcommunityfund@edenproject.com by 31 March 2021.
The Eden Project Development team are administering this fund on behalf of Eden Geothermal Limited.
Latest updates
07/01/2021
Conductor installation rig arrives on site
The conductor installation rig has arrived on site. This will drill a hole a few tens of metres deep to enable installation of the conductor pipe. The conductor pipe is installed down to competent bedrock and forms the start collar for the well by isolating the loose weathered ground near surface.
The rig will start drilling over the coming few days, and the operation is expected to take about 3-4 days. Then the conductor installation rig will leave the site.
22/12/2020
Site Works
Last week the main loadbearing areas of the rig pads, which will support the rig during drilling, were concreted. Work also continued on the water storage lagoon. Site works will resume in the New Year after the festive break.
30/11/2020
Site Works
Last week the shuttering was removed from the new well cellars. They’re in!
And stable foundations for the rig were created by driving gravel ‘pilings’ into the rig pad area.
This week, Jason and the team are trenching for the water and power supply. Using the window in which Eden Project is closed to visitors means they’re able to avoid any disruption to traffic flow on the Eden access road.
18/11/2020
Site Works
Work started to prepare the site, just inside the north entrance to the Eden Project, in late September.
In the operations and access areas, the ground has been levelled, drainage has been improved and stone has been laid.
The drilling area itself, where the rig will sit, was formerly a landfill site. This area has been filled and compacted, and work is underway to construct two well cellars at the site of the first and second wells. Although we’re only drilling one well initially, constructing both cellars now will mean things can progress more efficiently for the second phase.
The well cellar is a dug-out area below the main substructure of the drilling rig. It is constructed of concrete rings. During drilling, it houses the initial conductor pipe, and later it will accommodate the wellhead – a set of large valves that sits directly on top of each well. Each well cellar is 4 m deep and 3 m in diameter, but the well itself will be only 9” (under 25cm) in diameter at the surface.